Country United Kingdom Motto(s) None | Branch Royal Air Force Squadron Badge None | |
Active 20 Dec 1917 – 1 March 1919 Squadron Code XD (Apr 1939 - Sep 1939) | ||
No. 188 Squadron RAF was a Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force Squadron that was a night training unit towards the end of World War I.
Formation in World War I
The squadron formed at Throwley Aerodrome on 20 December 1917 to train night-fighter pilots and was equipped with Avro 504s. It also trained pilots to fly the Sopwith Camel and Sopwith Pup at night. It disbanded on 1 March 1919 and never reformed in later years, however a squadron code was allocated to it in 1939.
References
No. 188 Squadron RAF Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA